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Google is a Weird Beast

Posted Jan 20th, 2006 at 9:04 am in Life in General

I noticed something very bizarre this morning. I’ve gotten a little more traffic to the site than usual, and I quickly discovered why. Google was sending traffic to my site for the search phrase “aochan gohan“. I blogged about this two days ago. You know what’s interesting? As of right now, my website comes up as the number one result for that phrase, ahead of MSNBC, which was my source for the story!

Yet when I Google the phrase “Ocellated“, as I do from time to time, I consistently come up number two, behind that wretched bird (Ocellated Turkey) that a certain federation promotes conservation of.

Go figure.

3 Responses to “Google is a Weird Beast”

  1. joest utters: January 23rd, 2006 at 11:11 pm

    Being the number one result for “aochan gohan” is infinitely preferable to being the number one result for “miserable failure.”

  2. Jay replies: January 24th, 2006 at 8:15 am

    And interestingly, that search result is a result of a phenomena known as Google bombing.

  3. Dale points out: January 24th, 2006 at 8:44 pm

    Hi there
    Just thought I would say that I also found your site that way. And I must say I am really glad I found it.
    Cheers

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